As the Daily Mail notes, Hall has come under a lot of criticism for her stance, but others – as Hall points out on her Twitter feed – have come to her defense, suggesting she’s a heroine much in the way the #MeToo movement has been characterized. Here’s a sampling of some of her more tame defenders, and the more bizarre:

Absolutely shocked to see what's unfolded this week @Hallmeister. Stay strong. For what it's worth, I 100% agree with you. You have always been an inspiration to me and this week has only cemented that. You're brave, speak out when you need to, and handle yourself with class. X

It takes a great deal of courage to stand up and try to make the world a better place for the people of tomorrow. It starts with today’s children. I take my hat off to @Hallmeister for her courage, dignity & integrity amidst the madness.

Because Paul Cook raping women who were asleep is totally what Prince Phillip was doing in the modern version of the fairy tale when he kissed Princess Aurora so she wouldn’t be asleep forever.

Something the “heroic” Ms. Hall and her defenders neglected to mention are a few things that make their story about “non-consent” being a factor in Disney’s Sleeping Beauty crumble apart:

Aurora had already met Phillip (the prince). She was already falling in love with him before she fell into her deep slumber. She wanted to marry him. Her three good fairies sought out the prince to save Aurora from eternal slumber. To break the evil spell. And that’s what he did.

While it’s true that in one of the very early original versions (17th century) of Sleeping Beauty (the non-Disney version), the princess is raped while she is unconscious by a king, in the 1959 Disney version – the one we all know and read to our children today – the story is dramatically cleaned up and altered, and Aurora is already in love with the prince.

Princess Aurora shouldn’t be considered a fairy tale “Me Too” victim anymore than Hall and her supporters should be viewed as “courageous.” Especially when you consider they were pointing out something about the Disney classic that is not even true to make a “larger point” about predatory behavior.

The real – and unfortunate – lesson Hall and her echo chamber are teaching to children here is that it’s okay to lie as long as it’s in the interest of advancing narratives that paint innocent men as dangerous predators. Sound familiar?